International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Collision Object Detection and Prevention of Train Accident Dynamically by Using Ultrasound and Embedded System Niladri Shekhar Majumder1, Md. Sabuj Hossain2, Deen Md. Abdullah3 Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Lecturer, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------1, 2
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Abstract - Railway is the most popular and friendly
transportation system of the largest part of the cities in the world. Train is widely used for comfortable and safe journey in a reasonable fare. People from different professions can effort it. Almost 10,000 billion freight tonne-Kilometers and more than 5 billion Passengers of rail transport have been travelled around the world per years. The railway transportation system plays an important role for business as well as for leniency and safe travelling in modern life. But at every turn, the train is facing unexpected situation in travelling because of wrong signal, wrong track switching, insecure level crossing etc. for which collision have been occurred. As a result, lot of damages has been done in economic sector with lot of causalities which affect our progress. But we can avoid this unexpected collision and take prevention from the accident dynamically by using the collision detection technology which can be made by ultrasonic sound with a special embedded system. By using this technology can detect the obstacle and gradually slow down the speed by initiating the air brake to stop the train before the collision takes place. Key Words: Ultrasonic Sensor, Microcontroller board, Control Device, Alarm, DC Servo motor, Embedded System.
Railway is the most popular and friendly transportation system in the world. Rail transports are facing major challenges in our day to day life. Rail transport systems first appeared in England in 1820s. From 1820-2016 many evolution is occurred. At present railways is one of the most widely used transportation system in the world. Approximately 10,000 billion freight tonne-Kilometres are travelled around the world every year and more than 5 billon passengers travelled per year as per Railway statistic report. Economists have argued that the existence of modern rail infrastructure is a significant indicator of a country’s economic advancement. But till now railway transportation system are not safe. Many countries’s railway faces many collisions during travelling in every year as a results happened lot of damages and casualties. But if we add AntiCollision Technology (ACT) in railway then we can prevent any types of collision. It is an innovative technology which can be detect collision object from specific distance of train |
2. TRAIN ACCIDENT The train accident is one of the most dangerous accidents ever. The common reason of the train collisions are malfunctioning train signals or lights, failing mechanics, safety gates not in place ,crossings that are unprotected, negligence of train conductor and lack of awareness of the people.
2.1 Train Collision in Different Countries Every year in many countries around the world occurred train accidents. Here are some accidents have been highlighted. I. II. III.
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8 December 2010 – Bangladesh – Two passenger trains are in a head-on collision near Narsingdi. Nineteen people are killed. 15 September 2010 – Belgium – Two trains collide at Aarlen, injuring 30–40 people, two seriously. 2 October 2010 – Indonesia – 2010 Petarukan train collision - 36 people are killed and 60 are injured when a train runs into the back of another at Petarukan. 12 October 2010 – Ukraine – 2010 Marhanets train and bus collision - At least 43 people are killed in a collision between a train and a bus at Marhanets. 19 July 2010 – Sainthia train collision occurred at Sainthia railway station in Sainthia, when the Uttar Banga Express collided with the Vananchal Express. Casualties stand at 63 people dead and more than 165 people injured. 20 May 2011 – South Africa – 857 people are injured, 25 seriously, when a rear-end collision occurs at Soweto. 23 July 2011 – China – Wenzhou train collision – Due to signal failure, a high-speed train rear-ends a stopped high-speed train at a speed of 99 km/h (62 mph) near Wenzhou in the province of Zhejiang, killing 40 people and injuring at least 192. 11 January 2012 - 5 persons were killed and 9 others, including a child, injured in a collision between the Delhi-bound Brahmaputra Mail and a stationary goods train.
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